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| Iran guards 'killed in clash' on Pakistan border | Iran guards 'killed in clash' on Pakistan border |
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| Fourteen Iranian border guards have been killed in a clash with gunmen on the border with Pakistan, the official Iranian news agency Irna says. | Fourteen Iranian border guards have been killed in a clash with gunmen on the border with Pakistan, the official Iranian news agency Irna says. |
| The clashes took place on Friday night in a mountainous region outside Saravan, a border town in the south-east province of Sistan Baluchistan. | |
| Five border guards were wounded in the attack, Irna said. | Five border guards were wounded in the attack, Irna said. |
| An unnamed official quoted by the agency blamed "bandits or rebels opposed to the Islamic republic". | An unnamed official quoted by the agency blamed "bandits or rebels opposed to the Islamic republic". |
| Iran lies on a major drug trafficking route between Afghanistan and Europe. | |
| Militants also operate in the mainly Sunni Muslim area, where the population complains of discrimination by Iran's Shia establishment. | |
| The region has experienced repeated deadly clashes over previous years. | |
| AFP news agency quotes officials as saying more than 4,000 police officers and soldiers have been killed in the past three decades in fighting with traffickers. |